Figure 45

Fifteenth Century Saint Augustin Flamad: Enschedé’s Proef van Letteren, Haarlem, 1768

From Enschedé’s Fonderies de Caractères et leur Matériel dans les Pays-bas du XV^e au XIX^e Siècle (facsimile), Proef van letteren, welke gegooten worden in de nieuwe Haerlemsche lettergieterij van J. Enschedé (scan)

1470–1480

There is a very interesting Dutch gothic type shown in the specimen-book of 1768 issued by Enschedé, the celebrated Dutch founder, which it is believed was engraved about the end of the fifteenth century—between 1470 and 1480—a St. Augustin flamand.

See chapter 7